The University of Iowa began a special tradition on Saturday - a wave. No, not the traditional wave you see at stadiums and events around the world - in this one, everyone waved at the same time, in the same direction and at the same group of kids.

Watch the video above to see the hospital's view of 'The Hawkeye Wave' (Video Courtesy of University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital)

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Just outside of Kinnick Stadium, home to the University of Iowa Hawkeyes, sits the University of Iowa Steads Family Children's Hospital, where several children and their parents filled the windows overlooking the stadium during the team's 24-3 win over Wyoming.

Then, at the end of the first quarter, something amazing happened. All at once, fans stood and began waving to the kids in the hospital, beginning what most hope will become a weekly tradition.

Levi Thompson, a Hawkeye fan himself, runs the Hawkeye Heaven fan page on Facebook. He suggested in June that it would be cool if the entire stadium turned around and waved to the sick kids staying at the hospital. Fans got the message loud and clear.

Thompson told Hawkeye Nation, "I wanted it to be something the fans could accomplish with getting any kind of money backing it. That's when I thought about waving to the hospital after the end of the first quarter would be the perfect thing."

Hospital staff recorded "The Hawkeye Wave," and a new tradition was born that that has won over the internet.